Pianousestherooftoprovidethatcontrol;Gehrytends
tousethewholevolume.HehaddonesoearlierattheVitra
InternationalFurnitureMuseuminWeilamRhein,Germany–
justacrosstheborderfromtheBeyelerCollection–andthe
FrederickR.WeismanMuseuminMinneapolis.
Theabovetwoparagraphscontainfacts.Theyalso,
however,implyconclusionswhichareinevitablyassumptions.
Evenwherethereisaseeminglyconfirmatorystatementby
Gehrythat‘Iapproacheachbuildingasasculpturalobject,
aspatialcontainer,aspacewithlightandair...’whichhas
alreadybeenquoted,itisunwisetomakecategoricalclaims.
Wemayseesimilarities,deducesources,haveacknowledge-
mentofinfluencesandyetremainunsurethatanyconclusions
wedrawactuallymatchthedesignprocesswhich
occurred.
Ithereforeproposetoturntowrittenstatementsbya
numberofsignificantarchitectswhichmightcontaintheir
opinionsonthecharacteristicsofthedesignprocess.Thisis
nottoputfaithinsuchstatementsasinfalliblepronounce-
ments;toooftenarchitectswritewhatturnsouttobeapost-
rationalisation.Neverthelessthesewritingsrepresent
publishedmaterialwhichhaspresumablybeencheckedand
approved;weareassessingaconsideredopinionbytheperson
mostinvolvedandnotbyanoutsider.
AnexhibitionwasheldatMITinMayandJune1979of
sixexamplesshowingprocessinarchitecture.Thecatalogue
recordedinterviewswiththearchitectsconcerned
(Cruickshank,1979).DonlynLyndon–withMoore,Turnbulland
WhitakeroneofthedesignersofthecondominiumattheSea
RanchonthePacificcoastandalsooneoftheauthorsofThe
PlaceofHouses(Mooreetal.,2001)–wasoneofthesixexhibited
andinterviewed.Lyndon’sstatementsarebothgeneraland
specific.(LLisLanceLaver,DLisDonlynLyndon.)
LL:InwhatwayisIslamicarchitectureasourceforthe
courtyard?
Pianousestherooftoprovidethatcontrol;Gehrytendstousethewholevolume.HehaddonesoearlierattheVitraInternationalFurnitureMuseuminWeilamRhein,Germany–justacrosstheborderfromtheBeyelerCollection–andtheFrederickR.WeismanMuseuminMinneapolis.Theabovetwoparagraphscontainfacts.Theyalso,however,implyconclusionswhichareinevitablyassumptions.EvenwherethereisaseeminglyconfirmatorystatementbyGehrythat‘Iapproacheachbuildingasasculpturalobject,aspatialcontainer,aspacewithlightandair...’whichhasalreadybeenquoted,itisunwisetomakecategoricalclaims.Wemayseesimilarities,deducesources,haveacknowledge-mentofinfluencesandyetremainunsurethatanyconclusionswedrawactuallymatchthedesignprocesswhichoccurred.Ithereforeproposetoturntowrittenstatementsbyanumberofsignificantarchitectswhichmightcontaintheiropinionsonthecharacteristicsofthedesignprocess.Thisisnottoputfaithinsuchstatementsasinfalliblepronounce-ments;toooftenarchitectswritewhatturnsouttobeapost-rationalisation.Neverthelessthesewritingsrepresentpublishedmaterialwhichhaspresumablybeencheckedandapproved;weareassessingaconsideredopinionbythepersonmostinvolvedandnotbyanoutsider.AnexhibitionwasheldatMITinMayandJune1979ofsixexamplesshowingprocessinarchitecture.Thecataloguerecordedinterviewswiththearchitectsconcerned(Cruickshank,1979).DonlynLyndon–withMoore,TurnbullandWhitakeroneofthedesignersofthecondominiumattheSeaRanchonthePacificcoastandalsooneoftheauthorsofThePlaceofHouses(Mooreetal.,2001) — — wasoneofthesixexhibitedandinterviewed。Lyndon'sstatementsarebothgeneraland具体。(LLisLanceLaver,DLisDonlynLyndon)。LL:InwhatwayisIslamicarchitectureasourceforthe院子里吗?
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